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Top Ten Most Polluted Places in the World, 2007

This Top Ten list was compiled by the Technical Advisory Board of the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental NGO based in New York. The criteria used in ranking include the size of the affected…

20 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Quotes

Top of Page "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo is a timeless tale that has captivated readers for centuries. The story is set in the late 15th century at the heart of Paris, where the…

August 2007

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World Sunni Block Withdraws from Iraqi…

Amy Lowell: V

VThe roses bloom at Malmaison. And not only roses. Tulips, myrtles, geraniums, camelias, rhododendrons, dahlias, double hyacinths. All the year through, under glass, under the sky, flowers…

Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 4

Part 4What do you see Walt Whitman? Who are they you salute, and that one after another salute you? I see a great round wonder rolling through space, I see diminute farms, hamlets, ruins,…

Major Earthquakes around the World, 2005

DateLocationMagnitude1Feb. 5Celebes Sea7.1March 2Banda Sea7.1March 28Northern Sumatra, Indonesia8.7June 13Tarapaca, Chile7.8June 15Off coast of northern California7.2July 24Nicobar Islands, India 7.…

Wilder, Thornton Niven

(Encyclopedia) Wilder, Thornton Niven, 1897–1975, American playwright and novelist, b. Madison, Wis., grad. Yale (B.A., 1920), Princeton (M.A., 1925). He received most of his early education in China…